Artificial Intelligence Experts in Switzerland

• Design and delivery of the university module "Software Management" in the Bachelor's program Artificial Intelligence in Software Engineering
• Teaching software project management, project organization, stakeholder management, risk and quality management, as well as agile and hybrid project steering
• Covering release planning, cut-over, go-live, handover to operations, and the operational impact of technical decisions
• Developing a case study across the semester for practical application of the methods taught
• Designing lectures, group work, risk and decision workshops, and practice-oriented assessments
• Combining methodological fundamentals with experience from software development, customer projects, delivery, release, testing, and IT operations
• Use of AI in software and project management

Methods and tools: Software project management, HERMES, PRINCE2, Scrum, Kanban, hybrid delivery models, requirements engineering, risk and quality management, release management, test management, Moodle

• Built and explored applied GenAI, RAG, GraphRAG, local LLM, agentic AI and document-intelligence prototypes for structured analysis, evidence extraction, semantic search, technical reasoning and decision-useful reporting
• Developed private local-LLM workflows and AI system patterns focused on privacy, reproducibility, reviewability, low-cost inference and practical user control
• Built reproducible Python/R workflows for data analysis, automation, API-driven tooling, validation logic, technical documentation and AI-assisted software development
• Designed workflows around explicit assumptions, traceable inputs, reviewable outputs and failure-mode awareness rather than black-box “looks good” demonstrations
• Supported RAHN AG in a chemical/regulatory environment with data extraction and processing around WERCS, a regulatory application for chemical product and compliance data
• Explored complex application/database schemas and wrote nested SQL queries to extract information for mixture calculations, component relationships, regulatory rules and reporting logic
• Continued hands-on development in Git/GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket, Docker/Linux deployment patterns, REST/API workflows, error handling, technical writing and fast AI-assisted prototyping
• Built technical writing and documentation workflows that turn complex systems into clear runbooks, checklists, decision notes and user-facing explanations

Led implementation of an Azure cloud-based, event-driven enterprise integration platform connecting Salesforce, Momentus(event) and ERP applications. Reduced overall costs by 60%, lowered operational errors to under 1%, and delivered on time.

• Led the full project lifecycle from initiation to delivery using agile and hybrid methods - platform vision, feasibility, technical blueprint, architecture, implementation, integration, testing, rollout and business adoption.
• Built the engineering team from the ground up, leading teams across Switzerland, Bulgaria and India using Scrum and Kanban; established Jira, Confluence, Asana and SharePoint for delivery and reporting.
• Established and managed frequent steering meetings, reporting that gave stakeholders transparency and drove key decision-making.

• Designed services, interfaces and workflows for tokenized-finance and digital-asset ecosystems, including a MiCA-regulated stablecoin platform.
• Worked directly with product, engineering and stakeholders to translate business, regulatory, privacy and technical requirements into usable product experiences.

Retail AI Transformation: Led the transition of bespoke AI conversational models into a scalable, luxury-tier chatbot platform for Florentia Village (China), reducing operational costs to 20% while providing a multi-tenant solution for retail stakeholders, increasing revenue through AI-driven sales recommendations.

Consumer Tech Innovation: Developed an AI real-time automation engine for Philips live-streaming, enabling automated Q&A and sentiment analysis to enhance high-pressure sales performance

Pharma Digital Strategy: Engagement lead, consultant and orchestration of Omnichannel transformation for Grünenthal across 14 countries, leading SteerCo meetings, managing financials + RAIDs + QRBs across 192 projects, liaising between C-Level (EU/US), Global Omnichannel head, Global Customer Excellence, Global Marketing Heads and Outsourcing hub (India), driving revenue to 160%.

Governance & RAID: Implemented rigorous project governance, plans, and RAID logs for high-pressure digital transformations, ensuring SteerCo visibility and cross-functional alignment across various engagements.

Product Manager (Conversational Analytics Platform): Led the end-to-end development of a state-of-the-art NLP-based analytics platform. Defined the product roadmap and user stories, and managed the engineering team from MVP to launch.

US-to-EU market entry: Directed the digital infrastructure for a major US-to-EU market entry, aligning global dev teams with European regulatory standards.

• Interface role with the SOC team; improved incident response time by 45% through structured escalation processes and proactive security monitoring.
• Defined technical standards for a multi-tenant enterprise platform (10+ services), resulting in 30% shorter onboarding time for new clients in the public sector.
• Active knowledge transfer and mentoring of a 6-person team; increased team autonomy and established a sustainable engineering culture.
• Reduced time-to-market by 50% through CI/CD pipeline optimization and the introduction of self-service deployments.
• Stack: GitLab CI/CD, Kubernetes, Nexus, Harbor, ArgoCD, HashiCorp Vault, Grafana, Python, PostgreSQL, Java, Spring Boot, Flyway, Quarkus, JBoss, Loki, Go, Kafka, Kustomize, MongoDB

• Strategic Marketing
• Responsible for defining and presenting the overall go-to-market strategy to management and stakeholders
• Leading and optimizing comprehensive marketing campaigns, including concept, execution, and performance tracking
• Monitoring and adjusting marketing activities to maximize efficiency and ROI
• Overall responsibility for planning, allocating, and controlling the marketing budget
• Working closely with the global marketing team (NL & DE)
• Extended responsibility for digital marketing, including the strategic development of digital marketing initiatives with SEO principles to improve visibility and findability
• Responsible for the full management and ongoing optimization of the website, including SEO measures to increase organic traffic and improve rankings
• Monitoring and strategic alignment of Google Ads, Bing Ads, and LinkedIn Lead Generation Ads
• Development and implementation of innovative landing page concepts and Pardot flows to support campaigns, designed according to the latest SEO standards to optimize conversion rates
• Creating and presenting a comprehensive social media editorial plan
• Leading brand marketing and lead generation, including the strategic positioning of the NorthC brand in the ICT, Finance and HealthCare, public sector & administration, and HPC/AI segments
• Running campaigns to increase awareness and brand presence
• Developing and implementing an employer branding strategy that strengthened the company profile as an attractive employer, increased employee retention, and contributed to successful recruiting as well as strong employee growth
• Developing and leading lead generation initiatives and campaigns
• Managing strategic sponsorship partnerships to strengthen the brand and generate leads
• Overall management of event marketing projects: strategic planning, coordination, and execution of offline and online events
• Responsible for the online and offline implementation of the NorthC brand at datacenter locations
• Planning and execution of the local content strategy
• Creating content such as white papers, or managing external assignments
• Uploading content into a content management system (CMS)
• Data-driven performance analysis and optimization of measures
• Continuous optimization of content and web presence

(Project Assignment via consulting company HighPerfPeople)

• Lead the Workday Optimization Board, defining and presenting the Workday enhancement roadmap; drive prioritization based on stakeholder input, system analysis, and identified capability gaps.
• Challenge business requirements and proposed solutions to ensure alignment with long-term architecture principles, platform strategy and operational sustainability.
• Own the complete lifecycle of Workday enhancements from business discovery and solution design through implementation governance, testing strategy, deployment and stabilization.
• Act as functional/technical lead for key product areas including Peakon, Workday Learning, and Talent/Performance processes (e.g., year-end cycle, goal setting).
• Define and implement Workday branding and communication standards (templates, notification design, messaging structure) to improve consistency and employee experience.
• Build and enhance manager- and HR-facing tools (reports, dashboards, guidance/Journeys, process support assets) to reduce manual effort and improve decision-making.
• Translate complex system behavior, security/privacy constraints, and process implications into clear options for business stakeholders and leadership.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration with HR process owners, IT/security, and vendors to resolve issues and enable scalable solutions.
• Strong focus on adoption: ensure changes are usable, understandable, and actionable for employees, managers, and HR teams.

• Establishment of a licensing model
• Preparation of investor documents (business plan, cash flow forecast, ROI, etc.)
• Marketing simulation of market development, market potential assessment, etc.
• Definition and implementation of KPIs to measure market entry
• Setting up project planning, project controlling, and business processes

• Interim head of IT POS on GK and SAP basis for DEPOT GDC.
• Responsible for the stability and further development of the POS base platform.
• Managing adjustments and rollouts in the POS environment in coordination with the SAP backend.

• Design complex finance prompts and evaluation rubrics for frontier AI models across corporate finance, valuation, financial statement analysis, leverage, treasury, and cross-border finance topics.
• Create expert-level test cases to assess genuine multi-step financial reasoning rather than simple lookup or pattern matching.
• Review model outputs for numerical accuracy, logical consistency, assumption quality, source traceability, and compliance with prompt requirements.
• Stress-test AI responses on accounting, covenant logic, scenario analysis, returns analysis, and decision-useful written synthesis.

• Independent innovation initiative combining technology, human needs, territorial knowledge and sustainability.
• Developed AGIUS (AI-enabled psychosocial support), Points de Paix (mapped wellbeing audio practices) and Des Éléments, a multilingual digital ecosystem for cultural heritage, nature and mapping with an AI assistant.
• Conducted field-based work with participants from diverse cultural backgrounds to identify needs and shape practical initiatives.
• Engaged with the Swiss innovation ecosystem through Innosuisse Innovation Mentorship.

• Technical product ownership for a global customer portal in the indoor climate sector, including API integrations, backend connectivity, and expansion of digital customer services
• Developed the solution architecture and AI use cases for a claims management platform, integrating it into the enterprise architecture for a leading insurance company
• Developed the target operating model and led the implementation of the global investment platform for an investment bank
• Developed the target operating model and platform strategy for a new digital health platform for a health insurance company
• Developed the platform strategy, defined use cases, and built the data architecture for a digital health platform of a health insurance company

• Strategic and operational SEO/AI Search consulting and content consulting
• Planning, implementation, and evaluation of SEO-GEO measures (B2C and B2B)
• Leading and developing clients, project management
• Cross-team account management (SEO/GEO, SEA, Social Media, UGC, PR, UX/UI)